Panama Canal Expansion Affects Ports. To accommodate larger ships and barges moving through the expanded Panama Canal, other port cities are having to expand as well. Such domino expansion efforts and the increased shipping traffic - quality and quantity - will most certainly lead to greater air and water pollution, and the resulting health problems of port city residents. Posted 6/13/13.

Rail Project at LA Port Draws Environmental Group Ire (6/10/13). An NPR radio report in which concerns are raised about expansion of the rail yard to accommodate thousands of more truck trips per day are raised. Important lessons for Detroit as the Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal promises greater pollution to SW Detroit. Posted 6/10/13.

City Warns Michigan Officials it Cannot Deal with Hazardous Goods on Bridge (5/27/13). An unnamed bridge company requested that the ban preventing the transport of hazardous materials across the Ambassador Bridge be lifted. The Michigan Department of Transportation then issued a report recommending that this ban be lifted. Canada is concerned about this; as it should be. Posted 5/28/13.